Sampson walker



(No Model.)

S. WALKER.

. LUBRIGATOR FOR OAR JOURNALS. No. 503,018. r Patented Aug. 8, 1893.

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' T on whom it may concern:

SAMPSON WALKER, OF WVINNIPEG, CANADA.

LU BRICATOR "FOR CAR-'-JOU RNALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,018, dated August 8, 1893.

Application filed May 16. 1893- Serial No.4:74,385. (No model.)

Be it known that I, SAMPsoNWALKER, of

Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented-a new and Improved Lubricator for Oar-Journals, ofi

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 2

My invention relatesto improvements in that class of devices which are adaptedto au-i tomatically apply oil to the journals of ca axles.

The object of my invention is to produce an extremely simple device of this kind, which may be very easily applied to any ordinary journal box, which when once applied cannot be accidentally displaced, which may be quickly and accurately adjusted so that the oil willbe evenly applied to the journal, which is adapted to be used without packing of any kind, thus effecting a great saving, which ap plies the oil in such a way that there is no waste, and which may be easily removed when necessary, so as to permit the renewal of the brasses of the bearing.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a detail longitudinal section of the journal box and bearing, showing in elevation my improved lubricator applied to said parts. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an end view of the journal box and bearing with the lid of the box thrown open. I

The car axle 10, is provided with the usual journal 11 and end flange 12, and it turns in the usual form of journal box 13, which is adapted to carry oil in its lower portion and has the customary swinging door or lid 14, and also the usualwbearing brasses 15, which ride upon the journal 11. The bearing rod 16 is hung vertically in the box 13 at the outer end of the journal 11, and the main portion of this rod is preferably square-in cross section, while its upper end is made of circular cross section, as shown at 17 and projects upscribed below.

The rod 16 projects below the journal 11 and is bent at a right angle, as shown at 21,

so as to extendbeneath the journal, is then bent upward slightly, as shown at 22, at a point inside the flange 12, and is then again bent so that its lower portion 23 lies parallel with the journal 11, and this portion is of circular cross section so that the oil roller may turn freely on it.

I On the inner end of the bearing portion 23 of the 'rod 16 is a nut 24, which limits in one direction the movement of the oil roller 25, and the movement of the roller is limited in the opposite direction bythe bend 22 of the rod. This roller 25 is j ournaled loosely on the bearing portion 23 of the sustaining rod or hanger 16 and is adapted therefore to slide lengthwise onthe rod as well as to turh. The roller 25 has on its face a layer of cotton wicking, flannel, or other suitable absorbent, and this roller, turns in the oil with which the lower portionof the box 13 is filled, consequently the absorbent material picks up the oil and applies it to the journal 11 which is thus kept lubricated.

The friction of the roller on the journal causes the roller to turn and the oscillations 'of the car cause the roller to slide lengthwise of the box 13, and the bolt is adjusted and held in place by a thumb nut 28 on the out side of the box and a nut 29 on the inner side.

The inner end of the bolt terminates in a forked head 30 which clasps the rod 16, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. It will thus be seen that the hanger or red 16 may be nicely adjusted so as to hold the oil roller in the right position, and the spring at the top of the hanger permits the hanger to ride easily without regard to the jolting of the car.

Having thus described my invention, I claim astnew and desire to secure by Letters Paten 1. The combination, with the journal and the journal box adapted to hold oil, of a hanger suspended from the top of the box and havinga horizontal member extending longitudinally beneath the journal, and a loose roller held to turn and slide on the horizontal member of the hanger and adapted to fitagainst the lower face of the journal, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the journal box and the journal held to turn therein, of the hanger suspended from the top of the box and having a horizontal member extending longitudinally beneath the journal, a roller carried bythe horizontal memberof the hanger and adapted to turn against the journal, and an adjusting device secured to the box and clamping the vertical member of said hanger, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the journal box and the journal arranged to turn therein, of an L-shaped hanger held in the top of the box and extending downward beneath the journal,

the hanger havinga horizontal bearingportion parallel with the journal, a nut on the upper end of the vertical member of the hanger and a spring between the nut and the top of the journal box and an oil roller held to turn on the bearing portion of the hanger and to contact with the face of the journal, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the journalbox and the journal held to turn therein, of the hanger suspended at one end of the journal and having a bearing portion extending parallel with the journal, the roller held to turn on the bearing portion of the hanger, and the adjustable clamping bolt mounted in one end of the box and havinga forked inner end engaging the vertical member of the hanger, substantially as described.

5. The lubricating attachment for journal boxes comprising an L-shaped hanger having an offset 21, 22, in its round horizontal member and a nut on the free end of said member, a lubricating roller turning and sliding on said member between the nut and offset, a supporting spring on the upper end of the vertical member and the horizontal bolt provided with jam nuts and a forked inner end engaging the Vertical member ofthe hanger, substantially as set forth.

SAMPSON WALKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY MASON, A. DAWSON. 

